Rinos Mautsa

Zimbabwean entrepreneur

Rinos Mautsa

Born|  (1984-10-29) October 29, 1984 (age 40)
Nationality| Zimbabwean
Occupation| Businessman
Known for| Entrepreneurship
Notable work| First Call Center organisation establishment in Zimbabwe

Rinos Mautsa is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur.[1] He is well known for starting Zimbabwe's first call center,[2] the Contact Centre Association of Zimbabwe (CCAZ) and co-founder of the Chartered Institute of Customer Management.[3][4][5] He is reported to have promoted and developed Zimbabwe's Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) industry[6] through CCAZ and Tech24.[7][8] He is also the founder of Picco Construction and Energy Plus International.

## Early life background

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Rinos was born in Harare on 29 October 1984. Raised by a single mother after his father passed away at a young age, Rinos attended Manjanja Primary School and Emmanuel Secondary School in Nyanga.[9]

## Career background

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Rinos is the founder of the first call centre and software development company in Zimbabwe, Africcs Pvt Ltd which is also now in other Southern African countries. Rinos Mautsa also established the Contact Centre Association of Zimbabwe[10] which is now the sole association of customer services and call centres in Zimbabwe with over 100 corporates as members.[11]

Rinos is a founding member and chairman of Zimbabwe Youth Housing Cooperative Association which now have over 5000 members in five provinces and is working with various government departments to build low cost housing units for youths in Zimbabwe.

He is also a In 2014 he established the Chartered Institute of Customer Management which is offering professional qualification globally with channel partners in over 30 countries.

Rinos is a holder of a Marketing Management Degree Midlands State University, Masters in Business Administration Midlands State University. Leadership Certificate Oxford University among other qualifications.

## Leadership positions

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Despite being founder of Contact Centre Association of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Youth Housing Cooperative Association and Chartered Institute of Customer Management, Rinos is involved in several established businesses in various capacities:[12]

* Founder and Chairman of Facelift Construction, Energy Plus International and Tech24 Pvt Ltd.
* Proctor and Associates board chairperson
* World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Curator.[13] As curator of the Harare Hub Rinos managed to organise the first townhall to be attended by the president of Zimbabwe Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa dubbed “Road to Davos where he met the Zimbabwean youth
* Founding Trustee of Campus Community Foundation which have presence in 6 African countries (January 2015 to date).
* He is part of the mentors for the Queen Elizabeth Young Leaders programme-UK.[14]
* Zimbabwe Youth Council Vice Chairperson (Jan 2015 to 2017). The council is a government youth apex board which governs the affairs of young people in Zimbabwe.
* Internal Control Institute board member[15] (January 2016 to date).
* Project chairperson of Government National Call Centre (Zimbabwe)
* United Nations Association of Young Professionals based in USA board member

### Rinos has been a judge for

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* Service Excellence Awards (2009-2012)
* Buy Zimbabwe Awards in 2014 and 2015
* Retailers Awards for 2016
* Harare Metro Corporate Social Responsibility Awards hosted by the Provincial Minister of Harare Metro in Zimbabwe.

## Awards & honours

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* 2017 Crans Montana leader of tomorrow – Crans Montana Forum – Switzerland
* 2016 Desmond Tutu Fellow – African Leadership Institute (AFLI) – UK[16]
* 2014 Young Visionaries Fellow Winner – Indian Government – India[17][18]
* 2015 Leadership Award of the Year – Megafest Awards - Zimbabwe
* Young Manager of The Year (Zimbabwe Institute of Management)
* 2015 JCI Outstanding Young Persons – Junior Chamber International
* ICT Young Achiever runner up (2012)- Ministry of ICT Zimbabwe
* Industry Champion Award (Call Centre Industry) (Global Association of Contact Centers-USA)

## Accusations by Government

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In 2015 he was accused of working with MDC-T party to topple the Zimbabwean government.[19]

## Further read

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* Customer Service Conference
* Youth Workshop
* Service Excellence Awards

## References

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1. ^ Lambing, Peggy A. Entrepreneurship. ISBN 978-1-292-05406-3. OCLC 1100666298.
2. ^ Chronicle, The. "Zim set to establish first call centre". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
3. ^ "IIG 40 Under 30 Emerging Zimbabwean Leaders 2015". Three Men On A Boat. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
4. ^ Quay, Stacey. "Rinos Mautsa". alinstitute.org. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
5. ^ "Leading the Call Center Industry in Zimbabwe – Africans Building Africa". www.africansbuildingafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-09.
6. ^ Staff Reporter (2019-09-04). "Contact Centres are new business drivers, says minister Kazembe". Zim Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
7. ^ "Home - Tech24Group - Welcome Tomorrow". Tech24Group. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
8. ^ "Inaugural Business Process Outsourcing and Contact Centre Conference for Zimbabwe – Spiked.co.zw | Best Zimbabwe News Online". Retrieved 2023-04-06.
9. ^ "Memoirs of an ambitious entrepreneur". The Herald. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
10. ^ "Zimbabwean wins Young Visionaries Fellowship Award". www.bizcommunity.africa. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
11. ^ Digital, Zimpapers. "Making money from talking on the phone | The Sunday Mail". www.sundaymail.co.zw. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
12. ^ "Zim call centre industry can create 50 000 new jobs". Retrieved 2018-11-13.
13. ^ http://www.globalshapers.org/shapers/rinos-mautsa [dead link]
14. ^ "Rinos Mautsa | Leading Change". qyl.ice.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
15. ^ "Board". www.internalcontrolinstitute.co.zw. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
16. ^ Quay, Stacey. "Rinos Mautsa". alinstitute.org. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
17. ^ "新葡萄京官网8814-最新官网".
18. ^ "INDIAFRICA - Young Visionaries Fellows 2014". www.indiafrica.in. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
19. ^ "MDC-T in plot to force early poll". Zimbabwe Situation. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2018-11-13.